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Tribalism may prove last straw for doctors

Kenya: Plans by some Machakos county government officials to expel doctors who don’t hail from the region are alarming. So is the interference by non-medics in the treatment of patients.

These are the kind of reports that Kenyans hope are not true. Unfortunately, the source of the reports is impeccable. The alarm has been raised by no less than the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union Secretary General, Sultani Matendechero.

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